Loyalty Islands

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The Loyalty Islands are an archipelago in the Pacific. They are part of the French territory of New Caledonia, 100 km distant. They were named in the eighteenth century by the British merchant who discovered them; the name refers to the agreeable nature of the inhabitants.

The archipelago consists of four coral atolls: Lifou, Mare, Ouvéa and Tiga. Their combined area is 2,500 sq km.

The people of the Loyalty Islands are of mixed Melanesian and Polynesian heritage. They number roughly 20,000.

The chief export of the Loyalty Islands is copra.

The islands are part of the New Caledonia rain forests ecoregion.

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Island groups in Polynesia

Aotearoa (New Zealand) | Cook Islands | French Polynesia Fr. | Hawai‘i U.S. | Loyalty Islands Fr. | Niue N.Z. | Rapa Nui (Easter I.) Chile | Samoa (American) U.S. incl. Swains I. | Samoa (independent) | Tokelau N.Z. | Tonga | Tuvalu | Wallis and Futuna Fr.

In the Federated States of Micronesia:
In the extreme north of Fiji:
In Papua New Guinea:
In the Solomon Islands:
In Vanuatu:

 

Kapingamarangi | Nukuoro
Rotuma
Nuguria | Nukumanu | Takuu
Anuta | Ontong Java | Pileni | Rennell | Sikaiana | Tikopia
Emae | Mele

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